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AQUACULTURE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. How we utilized SBIR Grants to help fund our research and development efforts for the past 19 Years April 4, 2014 By Douglas Drennan II. Company history. Founded October 1995

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AQUACULTURE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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  1. AQUACULTURE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC How we utilized SBIR Grants to help fund our research and development efforts for the past 19 Years April 4, 2014 By Douglas Drennan II

  2. Company history • Founded October 1995 • Our Principal Field Of Interest Lies In The Research, Development, Manufacture And Sale Of Bead Filter Technologies • Other Interests Include the Development of Specialized Technologies Related to the Advancement Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)

  3. The Company • AST is a Women Owned Small Business • Currently has 6 Full-time and 5 Part Employees • Average Yearly Revenue $1.8 Million • Located 108 Industrial Ave • New 2,200 square foot office space • 5,000 square feet of warehouse space • Two 1,800 square foot greenhouse structures • Second 8,600 square foot warehouse for storage and expansion • Industry Participation • United States Aquaculture Association –past President • Aquaculture Suppliers Association – past President, current Board Member • Aquaculture Engineering Society – past Board Member • National Aquaculture Association – current Board Member • World Aquaculture Society – past Board Member

  4. What We Do • Manufacture and Market • Propeller-Washed Bead Filter Technologies – 11 Models • Bubble-Washed Bead Filter Technologies – 10 Models • PolyGeyser Bead Filter Technologies – 6 Models • Value Added Products • PBF Filter Electronic Backwash Controllers • BBF Filter Electronic Backwash Controllers • Professional Pond Filtration Systems • PBF, BBF and PolyGeysers • RAS Design Assistance • Ph. D. Engineer on Staff • M.S. degreed Engineer on Staff

  5. MarketsNational & International • Aquaculture • Zoos and Public Aquariums • Koi Ponds and Water Gardens • Biomedical Holding/Research Systems • Education Systems • Bait and Live Seafood Holding Systems

  6. International Markets • China • Bahamas • Peru • Saudi Arabia • Columbia • Spain • Croatia • New Zealand • Malaysia • Indonesia • India • Japan • Holland • UK • Israel • Australia • Poland • Japan • Belgium • Canada • Mexico • Honduras • Norway

  7. Propeller-Washed Bead Filters

  8. Bubble-Washed Bead Filters

  9. PolyGeyser Bead Filters

  10. ADM Tilapia Facility -1996 HBOI –USDA/ARS Sustainable Marine Aquaculture Project Buffalo Zoo Sea Lion Exhibit -2005

  11. HBOI Pompano Project Maryland DNR Custom Filtration System Audubon Zoo Whopping Crane Exhibit 2005

  12. Mote Aquaculture Sturgeon Grow-out Hubbs SeaWorld Research Yellowtail Broodstock System Waddell Mariculture Center Zero Discharge Shrimp Project Red Drum Hatchery

  13. Marin Sonoma MCD Gambusia Hatchery Proposed UAB Research System

  14. GMSB Honduras SIBO HOLLAND TRADESHOW Colors Tropical Fish Farm -Israel SIBO HOLLAND DF-3 Shipment UK Tilapia

  15. AST Received Its First SBIR Grant in 1995 From USDATo date we have Received a Total of 23 SBIR Grants from Three Different Agencies

  16. SBIR Funding History - USDA • Ten Phase I Grants • Seven Phase II Grants • One Phase II’s in-progress DOC/NOAA • One Multiyear Grant in Progress (non-SBIR) • Three Phase I Grants • One Phase II Grant NSF • One Phase I • One Phase II

  17. Grant Writing Tips • Know Your Industry • Identify the Opportunity & the Innovation • Conduct Basic Market Research • Identify the Grant Agency • Study and Understand the RFP

  18. Grant Writing Tips • Follow the Instructions. • Gather Industry Support • Don’t Get Discouraged if Your Proposal is Not Selected for Funding. RESUBMIT! • Attend SBIR Workshops and Seminars

  19. Grant Writing Tips • Have Someone Review Your Proposal • Pay Attention to the Little Details • Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions of The Granting Agency • START EARLY • SUBMITT EARLY

  20. Commercialization SuccessesProducts Developed By AST with SBIR Funding • Rotationally Molded 3 cubic foot Propeller-Washed Bead Filters • Bead Filter Backwash Controllers • Enhanced Nitrification Bead Media • PolyGeyser Bead Filters • Airlift Bead Filters • Denitrification Filters and Media • Improved Solids Capture in Bead Filters • Automated Live Feed Production Systems for Algae and Rotifers

  21. QUESTIONS Douglas Drennan II douglas@beadfilters.com (504) 837-5575

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